Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Gravatars

Probably I missed or didn’t understand the announcement.

For the past month or so, I’ve noticed all these comments with the poster’s picture next to it on various blogs. I knew them to be WordPress blogs. I noticed my own WP had some default icon in the admin user interface. Today I finally put it all together.

A recent WordPress version incorporated Globally Recognized Avatars into the main code. (They are also known as GRAvatars) Using a hash on the email address, it locates a WordPress commenter’s 96×96 picture for including in the comment. Naturally, you need to register your email account with the gravatar service.

So, now many of you get to see my ugly mug!

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2 responses to “Gravatars”

  1. Caped Shitheader Avatar

    But did you figure out how to get the avatars to show up in zinfandel themes?

  2. Ezra F Avatar
    Ezra F

    The Zinfandel theme doesn’t support them. So you’ll have to add them to the theme. http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Gravatars

    I keep meaning to do it, but I guess I am lazy?

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